On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, April 4. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.4OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt.

8 mph W · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — west-side white sand — schools, then the double-digit singles.

5 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 7.5creek bight on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • West side white sand · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • East side ocean cays · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Andros brief